A midsummer night's dream by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy(
visu
)
7
editions published
between
1935
and
2007
in
English
and held by
894
libraries
worldwide
'One of the pottiest movies ever made in Hollywood...'

Paris dances Diaghilev(
visu
)
10
editions published
between
1980
and
2014
in
3
languages
and held by
331
libraries
worldwide
Four ballets of the Ballets Russes, recreated in their original sets, costumes and choreography, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet as a tribute to Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev

Picasso and dance(
visu
)
4
editions published
between
1994
and
2005
in
English
and held by
210
libraries
worldwide
A program commemorating Pablo Picasso as an artistic collaborator with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. The first part of the program, The story of a marriage uses Picasso's portrait of his ballerina wife Olga Koklova as a departure point for discussions of his designs for the ballets Parade, Le tricorne, Pulcinella, Mercure, and Le train bleu. The second part consists of reconstructions of two ballets, recorded in performance by the Paris Opéra Ballet at the Palais Garnier. Between 1917 and 1962, Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets. Le Train Bleu (The Blue Train) dates from 1924 and Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat) from 1919. These two historic ballets, created originally by Sergei Diaghilev, have been revived by the Paris Opera Ballet. Le Train Bleu is an operetta dansé of a chic and flippant society. Jean Cocteau, who wrote the scenario, mockingly celebrates the cult of open air life, fine bodies and sport. The dances are inspired by golf, tennis, swimming and acrobatics. Le Tricorne is Spanish from start to finish. Picasso, a native of Andalusia, created sets, costumes, and a stage curtain, which evokes the atmosphere of the ballet by means of a typically Spanish scene. The story, told with humour and warmth, is of a miller's wife, her jealous husband and a senile magistrate by whom she is pursued

The firebird & Les noces by Igor Stravinsky(
visu
)
15
editions published
between
1996
and
2004
in
3
languages
and held by
91
libraries
worldwide
The Firebird: based on Russian folklore, tells the story of Prince Ivan who wanders into an enchanted garden and sees a beautiful bird who is trying to pluck golden fruit from a silver tree. Ivan captures the bird, but succumbs to it's entreaties to be set free. In gratitude for it's freedom The Firebird gives Ivan a magic feather. Les Noces: represents the ritual of a Russian folk wedding and illustrates Stravinsky's interest in the convergence of pagan and Christian beliefs

Les biches(
visu
)
3
editions published
between
1984
and
2002
in
French and English
and held by
3
libraries
worldwide
Les biches (The house party) is an examination of men's and women's roles in French society of the 1920s

[Dance films by Ann Barzel](
visu
)
in
English
and held by
3
libraries
worldwide
Compilation of excerpts from twelve ballets presented by New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Slavenska-Franklin Ballet, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and Original Ballet Russe, followed by footage of ballerina Irina Baronova in a photograph session